whereon the same ought to be paid as aforesaid although no formal demand for payment shall have been made or upon breach non-observance or non-performance of any of the covenants herein contained or implied by and on the part of the said Henry Norman his executors or administrators it shall be lawful for the Superintendent for the time being to re-enter upon re-possess and hold the said Ferry as if this demise had not been made.

In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto subscribed their names and the said Superintendent hath caused the Public Seal of said Province to be affixed hereto.

J. L. C. RICHARDSON.

Signed sealed and delivered by the said Superintendent in the presence of

JOHN LOGAN,
Clerk to Superintendent,
Witness.

HENRY NORMAN.

Signed by the above-named Henry Norman in presence of

A. FINDLATER,
Dunedin,
Clerk to Provincial Solicitor.

M’KERROW’S SURVEY OF THE INTERIOR.

REPORT TO THE CHIEF SURVEYOR.

Survey Camp, near Queenstown,
18th March, 1863.

To J. T. Thomson, Esq.,
Chief Surveyor.

Sir—I last had the honor of reporting to you from the Te Anau Lake, on the 19th Jan.; since then the survey of that part of the Province between this Lake and the western limit of the reconnaissance survey of last year has been accomplished. It comprises the country drained by the upper parts of the Mararoa and Oreti Rivers, and all the country drained by the tributaries of the Wakatip Lake and the Kawarau. The principal of these tributary rivers are as follows:—

The Von, which has its chief source in the Eyre Mountains, after a N.N.E. course of about sixteen miles, enters the Wakatip Lake on its west side, at a distance of sixteen miles from the head of the Lake.

The Greenstone, which takes its rise by two main branches in the mountains

S.E. of Milford Sound, pursues a general course S.E. to the Wakatip Lake, which it joins on the west side, five miles from the head of the Lake.

The Dart (a large river), takes its rise in Canterbury, and after running for about thirty miles through Otago in a general direction, nearly due south, it flows into the head of Wakatip Lake.

The Rees also enters at the head of the Wakatip, at a distance of only a few yards east from the Dart; it takes its rise on the borders of Canterbury, west of the head of the Matukituki; its general course is S.S.W.

The Shotover takes its rise by means of several tributaries from the south-west side of the high mountain ridge that bounds the Matukituki on its west side (the most easterly of the tributaries of the Shotover rises immediately behind Black Peak; its position will be seen by referring to the map of the reconnaissance survey of the Wanaka and Hawea Lake District), and after a crooked course of upwards of thirty miles, and of a general direction from S. by W. to S. by E., it joins the Kawarau two miles below the junction of the latter with the Wakatip.

The Arrow has its rise close to the head of the west branch of the Motatapu, and after a crooked course of about sixteen miles, in a general direction S. by E., it joins the Kawarau eight miles below the mouth of the Shotover.

The country drained by these rivers is very mountainous, and a more rugged and broken piece of country than that which is formed by the gullies, gorges, and spurs of the upper part of the Shotover and Arrow District is not in the Province. The rock formation is slate, alternating in many instances with thin veins of quartz. The minor creeks of this district are as follows:—Skipper’s, Stony, Moonlight and Moke (united); these all join the Shotover on its west side, in the succession named. Simultaneously with the survey of the rivers, that of the Wakatip Lake down to where the Kawarau leaves it, has also been completed. The south arm of the Lake, with the mountains that hem it in, will now be undertaken; this will likely occupy eight or ten days; after that I will proceed to the Waikaia River, complete the survey of it, and as instructions will then have been fulfilled, I will return to the office.

I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,

JAMES M’KERROW,
District Surveyor.